The chocolate soldier – Vintage Poster
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A 1936 silkscreen poster advertises a San Diego staging of *The Chocolate Soldier*, sponsored by the Federal Music Project of the Works Progress Administration together with the San Diego Symphony Association. The operetta was composed by Oscar Straus, whose German title is *Der tapfere Soldat*, and it adapts George Bernard Shaw's play *Arms and the Man*, a satire of war and romance. Federal Music Project posters like this one promoted live performances across the country during the Depression, bringing light opera and orchestral music to local audiences at low cost.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Sponsored by Works Progress Administration Federal Music Project and San Diego Symphony Assn. · Straus Oscar 1870-1954. Tapfere Soldat.Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Operas & operettas--California--San Diego--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,767 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 770_The_chocolate_soldier_1936 |
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